2021

  Friday in the Octave of Easter : Fishing for Souls with Jesus

Apr 22, 2022
Gospel Reading: John 21:6 : “Cast the net over the right side of the boat and you will find something.” So they cast it, and were not able to pull it in because of the number of fish ...
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  St Beuno

Apr 21, 2022
Abbot. St Beuno lived in Wales during the 6th century. According to his Life, written 800 years later, he was born and educated in Herefordshire, near the present village of Llanfeuno ...
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  Thursday in the Octave of Easter : Incredulous for Joy!

Apr 21, 2022
Gospel Reading: Luke 24:41–43 : While they were still incredulous for joy and were amazed, he asked them, “Have you anything here to eat?” They gave him a piece of baked fish ...
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  Fiji Farewells Fr JJ by Fr. Donal Mcllriath

Apr 21, 2022
It was just before midday on Holy Thurs when the Archbishop called to say he would be around shortly to say farewell to Fr JJ. Some time later, he arrived. The Archbishop of Suva ...
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  The Whale's Tooth from Ireland

Apr 21, 2022
3rd July 1977, I have been back here in Ireland on holidays after my first four years missionary work in Fiji. My mother had lovingly knitted a sweater to keep me warm during the notoriously ...
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  St Agnes of Montepulciano

Apr 20, 2022
Dominican nun and mystic. Born in 1268, to a wealthy family in Gracchiano-Vecchio, in Italy, Agnes is said to have entered a convent in Montepulciano in Tuscany at the age of nine ...
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  Wednesday in the Octave of Easter : Recognizing Jesus in Your Daily Life

Apr 20, 2022
Gospel Reading: Luke 24:13–16 : That very day, the first day of the week, two of Jesus’ disciples were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus, and they were conversing ...
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